\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{%
%%--- Backend --- --- ---
%	backend=biber,  % (bibtex, bibtex8, biber)
%	bibwarn=true, %
%	texencoding=auto, %  auto-detect the input encoding
%	bibencoding=auto, % (auto (equal to tex), <encoding>)
%--- Sorting --- --- ---
	sorting=nty, % Sort by name, title, year.
	% other options: 
	% nty        Sort by name, title, year.
	% nyt        Sort by name, year, title.
	% nyvt       Sort by name, year, volume, title.
	% anyt       Sort by alphabetic label, name, year, title.
	% anyvt      Sort by alphabetic label, name, year, volume, title.
	% ynt        Sort by year, name, title.
	% ydnt       Sort by year (descending), name, title.
	% none       Do not sort at all. All entries are processed in citation order.
	% debug      Sort by entry key. This is intended for debugging only.
	%
	sortcase=true,
	sortlos=los, % (bib, los) The sorting order of the list of shorthands
	sortcites=true, % do/do not sort citations according to bib	
%--- Dates --- --- ---
	date=comp,  % (short, long, terse, comp, iso8601)
%	origdate=
%	eventdate=
%	urldate=
%	alldates=
	datezeros=true, %
	dateabbrev=true, %
%--- General Options --- --- ---
%	maxnames=1,
%	minnames=1,
	maxbibnames=15,%
	maxcitenames=1,%
	uniquename=true,% (biber only)
	maxalphanames=1,% (biber only)
%	autocite= % (plain, inline, footnote, superscript) 
	autopunct=true,
	language=auto,
	babel=none, % (none, hyphen, other, other*)
	block=none, % (none, space, par, nbpar, ragged)
	notetype=foot+end, % (foot+end, footonly, endonly)
	hyperref=true, % (true, false, auto)
	backref=true,
	backrefstyle=three, % (none, three, two, two+, three+, all+)
	backrefsetstyle=setonly, %
	indexing=false, % 
	% options:
	% true       Enable indexing globally.
	% false      Disable indexing globally.
	% cite       Enable indexing in citations only.
	% bib        Enable indexing in the bibliography only.
	refsection=none, % (part, chapter, section, subsection)
	refsegment=none, % (none, part, chapter, section, subsection)
	abbreviate=true, % (true, false)
	defernumbers=false, % 
	punctfont=false, % 
	arxiv=abs, % (ps, pdf, format)	
%--- Style Options --- --- ---	
% The following options are provided by the standard styles
	isbn=false,%
	url=false,%
	doi=false,%
	eprint=false,%	
	}%	
	
% change alpha label to be without +	
\renewcommand*{\labelalphaothers}{}

% change 'In: <magazine>" to "<magazine>"
\renewcommand*{\intitlepunct}{}
\DefineBibliographyStrings{german}{in={}}

% make names capitalized \textsc{}
\renewcommand{\mkbibnamefirst}{\textsc}
\renewcommand{\mkbibnamelast}{\textsc}

% make volume and number look like 
% 'Bd. 33(14): '
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
\bibstring{volume}% 
\setunit{\addspace}%
\printfield{volume}%
\iffieldundef{number}{}{% 
 \printtext[parens]{%
   \printfield{number}%
 }%
}%
\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
\printfield{eid}
%\setunit{\addcolon\space}%
}	

% <authors>: <title>
\renewcommand*{\labelnamepunct}{\addcolon\space}
% make ': ' before pages
\renewcommand*{\bibpagespunct}{\addcolon\space}
% names delimiter ';' instead of ','
%\renewcommand*{\multinamedelim}{\addsemicolon\space}

% move date before issue
\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
\usebibmacro{journal}%
\setunit*{\addspace}%
\iffieldundef{series}
 {}
 {\newunit
  \printfield{series}%
  \setunit{\addspace}}%
%
\usebibmacro{issue+date}%
\setunit{\addcolon\space}%
\usebibmacro{issue}%
\setunit{\addspace}%
\usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
\newunit}

% print all names, even if maxnames = 1
\DeclareCiteCommand{\citeauthors}
{
\defcounter{maxnames}{1000}
\boolfalse{citetracker}%
\boolfalse{pagetracker}%
\usebibmacro{prenote}}
{\ifciteindex
  {\indexnames{labelname}}
  {}%
\printnames{labelname}}
{\multicitedelim}
{\usebibmacro{postnote}}
